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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET, by ALFRED DE MUSSET Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: No! Though 'twere possible that bitter pain Last Line: And my sad heart to listen to thine own. | |||
NO! Though 't were possible that bitter pain By this dead heart could once again be known: No! Though a flower of hope could once again Upon the desert of my life be grown; Though thy sweet innocence without a stain Could e'en for me thy soul to pity move-- Dear child, thy guileless charity were vain; I could not, and I would not, dare to love. But still that fated hour must on thee fall, When the whole world shall seem as nothingness, My true, my pure affection then recall; You'll find alike in joy and in distress My hand to thine in ready succour shown, And my sad heart to listen to thine own. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BALLAD TO THE MOON by ALFRED DE MUSSET CONSOLATION by ALFRED DE MUSSET FORGET ME NOT by ALFRED DE MUSSET FORTUNIO'S SONG by ALFRED DE MUSSET MY NEIGHBOUR'S CURTAINS by ALFRED DE MUSSET ON A DEAD GIRL by ALFRED DE MUSSET |
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